Unfortunately, the 96-year-old Indian Tower in Upper Nazareth Township has been mistreated, targeted over the last few years by vandals armed with spray paint and other destructive materials. As soon as someone cleans it up, it seems someone else ruins it.

Over the winter, one reader took his children there to take photos and enjoy the sites.

"Inside the tower," he wrote, "someone had literally vandalized the entire interior with bright purple paint, foul words, even pictures. It is disgusting that a beautiful historical landmark would be damaged in such a way."

A quick scan of The Express-Times' archives shows this is a continuing problem.

In 2004, a local teen chose cleaning up the tower as his Eagle Scout project. Justin Lovuolo, his family and friends spent 253 hours and more than $1,600 removing graffiti, repairing a hole in the ceiling, installing informational plaques and benches and planting flowers.

One year later their work was ruined when vandals struck again.

In 2006, a local author donated a percentage of his book signing proceeds to help clean up earlier vandalism.

In June 2007, four teenaged girls were caught spraying paint inside the two-story, circular stone structure off West High Street just outside Nazareth.

The tower is the property of Nazareth Moravian Church and overlooks the first burial site of the borough's Moravian settlers. Those familiar with the site say it's difficult to prevent vandalism given the remote location of the tower.

Are you familiar with this area? What do you think should be done to try to prevent vandalism? Tell us what you think by posting a comment below.